Thing #18

I've been active on Facebook for the past few weeks. And joined the group Libraries and Librarians.

Thing #17

iTunes offers many podcasts -- I'm currently subscribed to NPR: Planet Money, Onion News, Real Time With Bill Maher.

Thing #16

Embedding this took less than a minute -- I don't know how many "Chicken Fight" sequences there are in "Family Guy" but this one claims to be the first one.

Thing #15

*Veggie Burger*



Here's a link to my Rollyo veggie recipes search engine.

Thing #14

I'm giving iGoogle a try out -- so far it has not taken off (like Bloglines) as a place I visit on a regular basis. If I can figure out how to move all my favorite stuff to iGoogle things could change.

My gmail account was more or less dormant for a long time -- then when my use of Facebook increased, my gmail account suddenly sprang to life.

We are using googledocs at work. There are some personal documents I'd like to store at googledocs if I get the time to move them there or just create new ones from scratch.

The only calendar I use is my Outlook one at work. "To-do lists" I probably do not need right now. Anything that is really important I add to my Outlook calendar.

Thing #13

Based on what I've read in other 23 things blogs I'm leaning towards Goodreads over Library Thing....

Goodreads -- somehow I found out several co-workers were using it and I decided to try it out. So far, I must say that I like it -- I've already added books to my "to read" list from reviews I've read here. Like Dan says, my personal home library is modest but I think it is a good idea to keep track of what you've read (even if they aren't your own books), make recommendations, write reviews and comments, etc. We have a small Goodreads group at SJCPLS -- it would be great if more of our staff folks signed up. This type of online community works really well -- recommendations lead to things you may never have been exposed to -- thereby opening up vistas that may have otherwise gone unseen. (I've added the Goodreads gadget thing to my page also).

Addendum: just a note to say that since starting work at this particular library, I've been surrounded by some of the most interesting folks, who read neat books, watch cool movies (and TV too), and listen to inspiring and valuable music. My own personal reading, viewing, and listening adventures have been enhanced in ways I could never have predicted.

Thing #12

I've contributed a thought or two to the SJCPLS reference wiki.

Thing #11

I've shared a PBS "Frontline" video and a humorous piece from The Onion on Facebook.

Thing #10

Is tagging consistency a problem? When I set up my profile here on blogger I listed "veggie food" as an interest, but later found out that "vegetarian cooking" was the term more folks were using. This blogger out of Stanford is wondering the same thing as me:

"Research problem -
Tagging as a new information organization and retrieval tool, one greatest shortcoming is its inconsistency. The tagging consistency is threefold:
Personal consistency that one user are tagging similar contents using consistent tags;
Collaborative consistency, that a community of users tag similar contents using consistent tags;
Cross-platform consistency, which means users among different internet applications tag similar contents using consistent tags."

Curious Creature is also calling for tagging standards.

Thing# 9

I created this using the Warholizer from the bighugelabs website (thanks Tasmin).